Exchange Stage

At this stage, you leave your country to work in a different country in an area of your background and/or you are passionate about. Working in a different country outside the AIESEC working environment can be very challenging and is an entire learning process on its own. This stage provides you the opportunity to be exposed to local issues but also to global issues through the interaction with other internationals.

This stage really will challenge you as you will be exposed to a totally different environment from what you are familiar with; you have the challenge of customising parts of your own learning process.

Why this stage is important for you:

• The experience of a successful fulfillment of the exchange process is a very unique experience.
• You gain an international experience that fits into your learning goals and also the organizational goals.
• You will have a close personal interaction with a new culture, broadening your horizon. The aim here is to provide you with relevant working and professional development, and to allow you to get integrated into the local culture as deeply as possible.
• You have cultural and socio-economic interaction which will provide you with the practical opportunity to create a holistic worldview.
• You will gain motivation about the possibility of change by driving change even in a small scale through a community involvement program.

This is my stage now; in every end there is a new beginning, so it is time to evolve now!